Can it be done?

Justify your explanation.

I'll argue that it can't be won in absolutist terms, only in relativistic ones. The game played in threads doesn't deserve any objectively baseless attributions of merit to particular individual people, or their ideas, only the combinations of them demonstrated within the context of the thread. In other words, threads are like games whose winners are defined by popularity contests of some kind or another.

And to a degree, that means that threads can't be won at all. Is this true or false?

9/15/2006 5:56:41 PM

If I think Ive won, Ive won. Ive won this thread.

9/15/2006 6:04:19 PM

Quote :

"Gamecat: In other words, threads are like games whose winners are defined by popularity contests of some kind or another."

winn4r

 

9/15/2006 6:18:04 PM

I didnt know threads were any kind of game or contest

9/15/2006 6:19:37 PM

^thats something a liberal would say.

9/15/2006 6:24:33 PM

i guess i still have a lot to learn about this here internet

9/15/2006 6:25:47 PM

IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS

9/15/2006 6:28:40 PM

There are plenty of threads that were outright wins for people.

Player X states something stupid, Player Y points it out in such clear terms that even Player X can't deny he/she was wrong.

And anyways, popularity contests can be won, too.



[Edited on September 15, 2006 at 7:20 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2006 7:20:11 PM

in all seriousness....if you can win a thread....

i would say Gamecat has won more threads than anyone else i have ever seen

9/15/2006 7:22:04 PM

thats the worst insult ive ever seen doled out on tdub

9/15/2006 8:22:31 PM